Mahmud Pasha
Born1853
Died1903
NationalityOttoman of Georgian descent.
Occupation(s)Statesman, poet, writer
Spouse(s)Hacer Hanim
İffet Hanım
Seniha Sultan
ChildrenFirst marriage
Halil Rifat Bey
Second marriage
Ali Füad Bey
Asım Bey
Third marriage
Sultanzade Mehmed Sabahaddin
Sultanzade Ahmed Lütfullah Bey
FamilyDamat Gürcü Halil Rifat Pasha (father)
İsmet Hanım (mother)

Mahmud Pasha (b. Istanbul 1853 - d. Brussels 1903) was an Ottoman statesman, poet and writer.

Biography

His father was the Ottoman naval officer Damat Gürcü Halil Rifat Pasha of Georgian descent and his mother was Ismet Hanım, his third wife (his second wife was the late Saliha Sultan, daughter of Sultan Mahmud II).[1] He lost his father at a young age and after special education and two years in the Paris embassy, improved himself and learned French.[2] His first marriage was with Hadjer Hanim, and later he married also Iffet Hanım. By his first two wives, he had three sons.[1] In 1876, he divorced his wives to be able to marry Seniha Sultan, the daughter of the Ottoman Sultan Abdulmejid and became a Damat to the Ottoman Dynasty.[3] By Seniha, he had two sons, Sultanzade Mehmed Sabahaddin and Sultanzade Ahmed Lutfullah. He died on 17 December 1903 in Brussels.

Between 2017 and 2021, he was played by actor Hakan Boyav in TRT's Payitaht: Abdülhamid series.

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